You can act for someone or ask someone to act for you with Medicare, Centrelink, aged care or Child Support.
A person acting for someone can speak to us, update details and get payments.
There are different processes and rules for setting up, managing and cancelling acting arrangements for Medicare, Centrelink or aged care, and Child Support.
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